Sports Writing 202 | How to write a compelling interview piece? (Skillshare)

In this class you'll learn:

- The different perspectives and formats an interview can take

- How to find someone to interview

. How to reach out to targets

. How to convince someone to be an interviewee

- How to prepare for an interview

. Candidate background research

. Creating a list of questions

. What to bring

- Interviewing tips

All resources mentioned in the lecture can be found at the bottom of the project page.

This is the seventh course in the series on "How to become a sports writer".

The series is for people who are looking to get into sports writing, whether you are passionate about sports and want to get paid for your passion as a full-time career or as part of your freelance side hustle.

Before taking this course, you should have taken all the intro-level sports writing courses, as well as the other intermediate level course "Sports Writing 201 | Get published for the first time"

Project Description

Your project in this class is to write an interview piece.

In the lectures, I'll take you step-by-step through the process from discussing the types of interview perspectives and formats, to beginning target outreach, to interview preparation, as well as advice for writing the piece.